Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1938

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,185
2	John	1,794
3	William	1,387
4	Richard	1,070
5	Joseph	1,061
6	James	1,035
7	Charles	773
8	Thomas	707
9	George	675
10	Edward	664
11	Donald	583
12	Frank	547
13	Ronald	525
14	David	471
15	Michael	444
16	Anthony	416
17	Raymond	366
18	Peter	317
19	Paul	314
20	Kenneth	300
21	Walter	294
22	Arthur	271
23	Louis	224
24	Albert	208
25	Fred	194

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	193
27	Henry	183
28	Harry	172
29	Carl	166
30	Harold	164
31	Eugene	163
32	Vincent	160
33	Francis	158
34	Ralph	154
35	Gerald	151
36	Stephen	146
37	Howard	145
38	Lawrence	141
39	Philip	131
40	Alfred	126
40	Frederick	126
42	Stanley	122
43	Martin	121
44	Leonard	119
45	Theodore	117
46	Bruce	115
47	Roger	113
48	Jack	111
49	Andrew	105
50	Norman	103
51	Ernest	99
52	Nicholas	95
53	Herbert	94
54	Russell	93
55	Alan	91
56	Jerry	89
57	Bernard	78
58	Patrick	76
59	Douglas	75
59	Samuel	75
61	Allan	69
61	Edwin	69
63	Barry	63
64	Larry	62
65	Victor	61
66	Lewis	60
66	Salvatore	60
66	Wayne	60
69	Gary	59
70	Warren	58
71	Roy	55
72	Allen	54
72	Dennis	54
74	Leroy	52
75	Arnold	49
75	Earl	49
77	Leon	48
78	Alexander	47
78	Harvey	47
78	Marvin	47
78	Neil	47
82	Gerard	46
83	Gordon	44
84	Jerome	43
85	Benjamin	42
86	Clarence	41
86	Melvin	41
88	Herman	38
88	Joel	38
90	Dominick	37
90	Edmund	37
90	Karl	37
90	Lee	37
94	Leo	36
95	Angelo	34
95	Chester	34
95	Gene	34
95	Joe	34
95	Steve	34
100	Carmen	32
100	Jay	32
100	Leslie	32
100	Matthew	32